Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Firstly, belatedly though, let me
join the teeming number of proud Nigerians in saluting our contingent to the
Rio 2016 Paralympics where Team Nigeria with her stellar performance shone like
a million stars with a formidable medal haul comprising of twelve medals.

Asides the 2016 Olympics and of
course the ubiquitous Brazilian weaves (which we cannot get enough of); Brazil occupies
a key position in West African history for both good and bad reasons. Brazil
accounted for roughly forty percent of the African slaves brought to the Americas
during the Atlantic slave trade with most of them processed at Bahia before
being sent off to plantations across the country. Centuries after the slave
trade, the Yoruba influence is still heavily felt in Bahia where their dialect is
a blend of Portuguese and Yoruba. Deities such as Orunmila, Obatala, Ogun,
Sango, Obatala, etcetera are also worshipped. Babalawos nko?Dem dey there too!!
Even local delicacies are well represented, take for instance the utterly scrumptious
fried bean cakes called ‘akara’ here, in Bahia, ask for acaraje instead!

Saturday, October 08, 2016

The 3rd of October, 2016 was
World Architecture Day. Every first Monday in October has been set aside
annually to celebrate architecture and its practitioners. World Architecture
Day which also coincides with the World Habitat Day of the United Nations was
created in 1985 by the International Union of Architects (UIA), a global
federation of national associations of architects that represents over 1.3
million architects in 124 countries and territories.

About Me

I am Odigie Agatha who in her spare time fancies that she is global in her outlook yet indigenous in her pride (whatever that means!!) A chartered architect, she firmly believes that life can be optimized through excellent design. Agatha is hung up on fashion, writing and visual arts. Her work-life mantra is “Huge doors are swung on small hinges”. She sometimes sounds sensible on Twitter @Afroagatha, not very often though!!